AI Spots Breast Cancer Signs 6 Years Before Diagnosis — Jun 12, 2026

An AI just spotted breast cancer in scans taken six years before diagnosis.Run time: 20:02In today's episode:AI sees breast cancer six years before diagnosisStanford crowd cooled on AI scribes after debateMost clinicians admit using unapproved AI toolsSaudi hospital shows off practical AI at HLTH EuropeStates move to regulate AI in insurance approvalsStanford and Mayo read tumors from a blood drawAnthropic splits subscription and API credits June 15xAI's Grok V9 lands mid-June, built on Cursor dataGemini 3.5 Pro still waiting on its June releaseTL;DR:A Radiology study found three FDA-cleared mammography AIs flagged signs of breast cancer up to six years before diagnosis in about one in five cancers — retrospective, but a big, clean dataset.The honest counter-current: Stanford clinicians' support for AI scribes dropped from 69% to 54% after a live debate, and a new survey says ~72% of healthcare staff reach for unapproved "shadow AI" when sanctioned tools fall short.Anthropic is splitting subscription and programmatic usage into separate credit pools on June 15 and retiring Opus 4.1 on August 5 — plan your pipelines now.Sources cited:EurekAlert / RadiologyStanford MedicineWolters KluwerGlobeNewswireTransparency CoalitionReleasebotTechTimesTechTimesSubscribe: YouTubemedAI Times is for educational and informational purposes only. The content does not constitute medical advice, diagnosis, treatment recommendation, or professional clinical guidance. Consult qualified healthcare professionals and refer to official sources before making clinical, research, regulatory, or business decisions.